Health & Fitness
Coronavirus Cases Dip Slightly In Oak Lawn
Case rates have dropped a bit in the past two weeks, and roughly mirror those of Suburban Cook County.
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OAK LAWN, IL — Confirmed cases dipped slightly in Oak Lawn over the past two weeks, according to new data from the Cook County Department of Public Health.
Confirmed cases have decreased by 8% over the past 14 days in Oak Lawn. 64 cases were reported last week, making for a weekly case rate of 113 cases per 100,000 people. The village has seen a total of 7,011 confirmed cases, making for a total confirmed case rate of 12,367 per 100,000 people.
Weekly counts and rates are updated each Wednesday, and represent cases reported the previous Sunday through Saturday. According to a line graph on the CCDPH site, Oak Lawn case rates have more or less exactly matched those of Suburban Cook County over the course of the pandemic.
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Oak Lawn falls just below Suburban Cook County in terms of vaccination rates. 36,751 people, or 64,8% of the population, have received at least one dose, while 30,414 people, or 53.6%, have received both.
In Suburban Cook County, 1,508,285 people, or 66.3% of the total population, have received at least one dose. 1,227,591 people, or 53.9% of the population, have received both.
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In Suburban Cook County, there have been 280,324 confirmed cases and 4,700 deaths as of Oct. 1. The weekly case rate is 111 per 100,000 people, and there has been a 2.4% test positivity last week.
Click here for the full Oak Lawn report and here for the Suburban Cook County report.
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